Original Illustration for PROJECT BOY
Original illustration for Lois Lenski's 1954 book PROJECT BOY, based on the lives of the children living in a housing project and taught by Marie Ram — with inscribed dedication by Lenski to Ram.
Original illustration for Lois Lenski's 1954 book PROJECT BOY, based on the lives of the children living in a housing project and taught by Marie Ram — with inscribed dedication by Lenski to Ram.
Original ad-hoc mockup for a never-published children's book by US illustrator Andrew Loomis.
Matted watercolor of two children served seed cakes.
Large pen and ink drawing with pencil shading from SHANTY ANN, by Grace Moon and illustrated by Carol Moon, published in 1935 by Frederick A. Stokes.
Beautiful mockup with original watercolors and line-drawings for the 1905 FUNNY BUNNIES picture book, with manuscript notes.
Original drawing in color that would be used in the endpaper design of OTTO AT SEA – from the collection of Barbara Bader, author of the authoritative reference work AMERICAN PICTUREBOOKS.
Beautifully signed first edition, with Politi's hand-drawn watercolor embellishments decorating his warm personal inscription.
First printing of this spooky collection of poetry about werewolves, vampires, and more, signed by the author and inscribed by the illustrator with an original drawing.
Signed original watercolor depicting 3 little Peek-A-Boos walking through the woods, each carrying a different bouquet of flowers, in rich and vivid colors.
Signed original art featuring a little girl with a doll by the inimitable artist of cute little children.
Signed original watercolor by Rackham created for his illustrated edition of Wagner's SIEGFRIED, beautifully matted and framed.
Original manuscripts and working drafts from a remarkable late-Victorian collaboration between two English women: a nearly-unknown writer of original children's fairy tales and a fanciful illustrator scarcely known outside her small local circle.
Three original watercolors from Rojankovsky's Golden Books publication of 1953 all about cats — including one image meant for the publication but which did not appear in the final version.
Original art for and first edition of this darling baby book, demonstrating the artistic occur in the process to publication.
Original ink and watercolor drawing by notable Volland illustrator Janet Laura Scott, displaying her particular Art Deco flair.
Original signed pen-and-ink drawing by Sendak, depicting Mickey Mouse looking up to a Wild Thing
Beautiful association copy of the limited 25th Anniversary edition, presented by Sendak to his dear friend James Marshall, with the special card containing an original signed pen-and-ink drawing of Max parading as a Wild Thing and an additional inscription to Marshall.
Carbon pencil, India ink wash and white gouache painting on illustration board, signed by Seuss.
Signed first edition thus, illustrated by Brown, of the children's classic, featuring 180 pencil and wash illustrations in an interesting two-column oblong format, along with an original sketch by Brown.
Three signed pen-and-ink drawings by Shepard, used in PERFUME FROM PROVENCE by Lady Fortescue, first published in 1935.
Wonderfully detailed finished pencil drawing by Tenggren that appears (in reduced size) on page 87 of TENGGREN'S STORY BOOK (1944).
Fabulous signed original watercolor by William Timlin, best known for his fairy-populated science-fiction fantasy, THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS.
Signed watercolor used in Tudor's Caldecott Honor book MOTHER GOOSE, printed by Oxford University Press in 1944.
Illustrator's presentation copy of Untermeyer's anthology of poetry for children, warmly inscribed by Birch, with an elaborate original watercolor drawing of a young boy receiving this book from a kindly Mother Goose and a testy actual goose.
Signed political drawing depicting London County Council member (later MP) and trade unionist John Burns as a cat, standing in front of a wall of broadsides with such remarks as "Sale now on roaring trade of liberal titles" and "John Burns Batter-sees to that."